April 22, 2005

(forgive the bad spelling and grammar.... I've just worked a 50 hour work week and it's Friday afternoon!) (and hey - in just under a week I see the harlot in NYC!!)

so, i have a wedding in MD on may 7. a friend from college. i decided to carpool with mutual friends (in PA) and share a hotel to keep costs down.

you know i've barely been knitting. well i mean, i tried my first lace project, and restarted it about 6 times in the past two months. i suck at lace. i started a scarf for winter when it was still warm, and it's still not done. i bring knitting when i'm going to be REALLY bored but that's it. and i have enough yarn stash to last me - at this rate - several years. (i have an afghan kit. and sock yarn, while i have yet to learn socks)

and you know i'm broker than broke. i have weddings and vacations. i'm so screwed with money right now.

so why the hell is it that when i see that the maryland sheep and wool festival (4 times bigger than rhinebeck NY, i went last fall, spent many hours and dollars and loved it!) is happening the same weekend as the wedding, in the same state, i am tempted to throw all reason aside and go?

i am insane. i really am.

(part of me would love to learn spinning and buy a wheel. but they are a few hundred at least. and i don't know if i would stick with it. i also want to dye my own yarn or wool. and learn socks. then why the hell aren't i actually doing any of this already????? besides the spinning, because with a drop spindle it takes forever.)

argh.

(ya know. i want to blame this on the harlot. and the knitter. even when not knitting, i read their sites daily, because they are funny as hell. then it keeps my subconscious glued on knitting and yarn. yeah. it's all their fault!)

Craft Projects:

Current ProjectsBaby Sweater: 99% (Need to sew buttons. Lost buttons. Refuse to settle for less than perfect (i.e., original) buttons.) *** Charlotte's Web: started. again. and again. and again.... (I'm thinking lace is not for me!) *** Alpaca Shawl: Worked a few more rows because I needed something portable and not lace! *** Multidirectional scarf in Noro: almost done. (for several months now.)